"If a Brother Is Set Impossible Tasks": Teaching Monasticism Today (A Panel Discussion)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies, Western Michigan Univ.; Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Univ. of York

Organizer Name

Dee Dyas

Organizer Affiliation

Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Univ. of York

Presider Name

E. Rozanne Elder

Presider Affiliation

Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies, Western Michigan Univ.

Paper Title 1

Discussant

Presenter 1 Name

Janet Burton

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Wales Trinity St. David

Paper Title 2

Discussant

Presenter 2 Name

James G. Clark

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Bristol

Paper Title 3

Discussant

Presenter 3 Name

Elizabeth Freeman

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Tasmania

Paper Title 4

Discussant

Presenter 4 Name

Dee Dyas

Paper Title 5

Discussant

Presenter 5 Name

Marvin Döbler

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Univ. Bremen

Paper Title 6

Discussant

Presenter 6 Name

Elias Dietz, OCSO

Presenter 6 Affiliation

Gethsemani Abbey

Start Date

9-5-2013 7:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 1040

Description

This panel discussion brings together scholars from many branches of monastic studies to discuss how this complex field can be taught to students and others, who often possess little or no background in religious history, so that they can understand the meaning and development of monastic spirituality and its wider influence.

Dee Dyas